best site for emulators and roms (1 Viewer)

[boozelclark]

hi i'm about to install this plugin bu was wondering if any one could tell me the best site for getting roms. also which is the best nes emulator to use with mediaportal, a satble one that seems to fit in with the appearence.
thanks

 

[gamingexpert]

its probably against forum rules to post links to rom sites, but a google search should get you some.

for emulators, usually the highest rated ones on http://www.emulator-zone.com/ are the best.

also, heres what all the rom naming conventions mean:

Standard Codes:
[a] - Alternate
- Bad Dump
[BF] - Bung Fix
[c] - Cracked
[f] - Other Fix
[h] - Hack
[o] - Overdump
[p] - Pirate
[t] - Trained
[T] - Translation
(Unl) - Unlicensed
[x] - Bad Checksum
ZZZ_ - Unclassified
[!] - Verified Good Dump
(???k) - ROM Size

Country Codes:
(A) - Australian
(C) - Chinese
(E) - Europe
(F) - French
(FN) - Finland
(G) - German
(GR) - Greece
(HK) - Hong Kong
(I) - Italian
(J) - Japan
(K) - Korean
(NL) - Dutch
(PD) - Public Domain
(S) - Spanish
(SW) - Sweden
(U) - USA
(UK) - England
(Unk) - Unknown Country
(-) - Unknown Country

Special Codes:
[C] - Color GameBoy
- Super GameBoy
(M#) - Multilanguage (# of Languages)
[M] - Mono Only (NeoGeo Pocket)
(PC10) - PlayChoice 10 (NES)
(1) - Japan (Genesis)
(4) - USA (Genesis)
(5) - NTSC Only (Genesis)
(8) - PAL Only (Genesis)
(BS) - BS ROMS (SNES)
(ST) - Sufami Turbo (SNES)
(NP) - Nintendo Power (SNES)
(Adam) - ADAM Version (Coleco)
(PAL) - PAL Video

 

[K1lo]

Also see this thread - MegaDistribution where Chreekar talks about including all the common emulators in a single pack. Even if that doesn't end up happening, you can still google the names to get straight to the respective sites.

Also asking for roms will probably get you banned so don't do it.